PHILADELPHIA  – The University of Pennsylvania men's tennis team upended visiting Villanova, 6-1, on Sunday afternoon at the Hamlin Tennis Center.

The Quakers (3-2) took all three doubles matches and won five of six in singles action to earn their second win over the Wildcats (8-9) this spring. All three of Penn's wins in 2021 have come at home.

The Penn tandem of Harsh Parikh and Aditya Gupta cruised to a 6-2 victory at No. 2 doubles to give Penn the early edge. At No. 1, Zach Smith and Jason Hildebrandt outlasted Alex Kim and Daniel Martinez, 7-5, to clinch the first point of the day. The Quaker duo of Jeff Zucker and Jonah Jurick also scored a 7-5 win at No. 3.

In singles action, Smith, Hidlebrandt and Zucker won in straight sets at No. 1, 3 and 5, respectively. Aditya Gupta earned a 5-7, 6-2 and 6-3 come-from-behind victory at No. 2 for the hosts.

Doubles
1 – Smith/Hildebrandt (P) def. Kim/Martinez (V), 7-5
2 – Parikh/Gupta (P) def. Robinson/Jones (V), 6-2
3 – Zucker/Jurick (P) def. Prokurat/Suarez, 7-5

Singles
1 – Zach Smith (P) def. Alex Kim (V), 6-0 6-1
2 – Aditya Gupta (P) def. Josh Robinson (V), 5-7, 6-2 6-3
3 – Jason Hildebrandt (P) def. Eitan Khromchenko (V), 6-0 7-5
4 – Jonah Jurick (P) def. Daniel Cheng (V), DNP
5 – Jeff Zucker (P) def. Anthony Prokurat (V), 7-5 6-2
6 – Ryan Nguyen (V) def. Sameer Gangoli (P), 6-4 6-2